http://eckyman.com Gaming Addiction: The first step is denial Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:12:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Its been a while since my last raiding update.. I think my last Kara post was back in December when I was still raiding on my mage. Since then I've retired the mage and replaced it with my Paladin as my main.. I burnt out pretty bad on the ... http://eckyman.com/2008/07/16/karazhan/ Despite evidence to the contrary I'm still here.. just been distracted with life, gaming, and holidays. Service to return as normal.. http://eckyman.com/2008/07/15/still-alive/ I meant to do this as a regular feature but I forgot about it for a while. Every month I'll be looking over the visitors stats and keywords that led to this site and I'll attempt to answer any questions/queries as well as I can It seems I'm getting a lot ... http://eckyman.com/2008/04/10/visitor-stats-2/ Oh this ones priceless.... Not so long ago in the hazy past, a little game called Manhunt 2 caused just a tiny bit of controversy - Manhunt Banned The BBFC banned the game for its depiction of "sustained, casual sadism" deeming it too much for UK gamers. David Cooke, director of ... http://eckyman.com/2008/03/25/im-speechless/ Sooooo, I spent a lot of time in AV on Saturday.. to the tune of about 10k honour so as you can imagine, my "I hate AV" tee-shirt was thrown away for the time being! Id like to say I enjoyed it cos' I kicked some ass, or ... http://eckyman.com/2008/03/17/preform-av-enabler-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-alterac-valley/ There was once a time in the history of gaming when save files did not exist, your character had only one life, and continues need not apply for the position. A time when gaming brought as much, if not more, amounts of frustration as it did entertainment. Take Treasure Island Dizzy. ... http://eckyman.com/2008/02/22/nostalgia-tinted-joypads/ Just saw this over on Joystiq. According to Sony's internal data, 92% of registered PSN (PlayStation Network) gamers are male! If that figure is indeed correct that is one hell of a large gender bias. I already assumed gaming was primarily favoured by males.. but 92%? I have ... http://eckyman.com/2008/02/21/gdc08-gamer-genders-in-graph-form/ Hmm, I just realised its been almost a month since my last post here.. so what have I been up to? Gaming as always. Somewhat more full on this last few months even by my standards. I picked up a couple of Xbox games cheap in a 'two ... http://eckyman.com/2008/02/21/busy-monthand-an-assassin-creed-review/   ..and quite rightly so. Everyone's having a pop at Mass Effect lately which wouldn't be so bad but for the fact that the majority of things the mainstream media are 'reporting' on is complete and utter BS. Latest to take a swing at the game is FOX News, ... http://eckyman.com/2008/01/24/eas-had-enough/ My tankadin turned 58 last night and took his first steps through the Dark Portal. I had originally intended to fully clear Azeroth before moving on but as usual the lure of Outlands, new gear, rep, and big XP got the better of me. I threw my mage out there as soon ... http://eckyman.com/2008/01/11/online-diary-through-the-dark-portal/